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A SIMPLE FLOWER GARDEN, 



CHAPTER XI. 



rEBRUART. 



With the increasing light and heat from the sun, more 

 attention must be given to the airing, watering, and show- 

 ering of the plants in the window. Fresh air must be 

 given upon sunnj days, and, as a natural result, more water 

 will be needed. Opportunities for showering the plants 

 will be more frequent, and should be improved. The 

 growth of the plant will be more rapid, and flowers will be 

 produced, and consequently greater care will be needed. 

 Liquid manure will be demanded, and cleanliness required, 

 if healthj plants and heavy crops are expected. Some of 

 the plants will go out of flower, and new ones to take their 

 place will be required. 



FORCING 



must be now tried upon the plants in the cellar. The 

 geraniums, tea-roses, fuchsias, deutzias, and astilbes must be 

 brought up, watered freely, and placed in the window. 

 This process in detail is something like this: bring one or 

 more of the plants from the cellar, wash and shower them 

 heavily as they stand in the sink ; when the drip has 



